Ace cinematographer Santosh Sivan, speaks on length about his film Urumi which releases this Frdiay.
Santosh Sivan's latest film Inam deals with the the war and bloodshed during the two-decade-long civil war in Sri Lanka.
The trilingual film -- Malayalam, Tamil and English -- stars Prithviraj, Genelia D' Souza, Vidya Balan, Tabu, Prabhu Deva, Amol Gupte and Jagathy Sreekumar.
Santosh Sivan talks briefly about his new film Anjaan and the special cameras he used to shoot the film.
The ace cinematographer and director will take his film to an international platform.
Genelia D'Souza shares her excitement and the biggest challenges she faced while shooting for Urumi
The film has been garnering critical acclaim at film fests.
The National-award winning director talks about what motivated him.
Titled The Lies We Tell, the film also features Om Puri, playing a Pakistani character.
The director is currently making Ceylon, ready for release in March 2014.
Ace cinematographer and filmmaker Santosh Sivan is delighted by the government's decision to honour him with Padma Shri.
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Santosh Sivan Sivan is the first Asian to receive the prestigious Pierre Angénieux ExcelLens in Cinematography honour at the Cannes Film Festival, which celebrates outstanding contributions to the field of cinematography.
Preity Zinta is in Cannes to present the Pierre Angenieux ExcelLens in Cinematography honour to veteran cinematographer Santosh Sivan.
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Three films are set to release in Tamil this Diwali.
Set in the backdrop of the Sri Lankan Civil War, Santosh Sivan's Inam brings to light the plight of the thousands of hapless Lankan Tamils, who were caught in the crossfire between the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam) and the Sri Lankan government.
Sukanya Verma celebrates the icon and his imagery in 23 super special Aamir Khan frames etched in her head.
'A lot of people are famous. But for how long will you be there?' 'It changes after every three days of release, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.'
Looking at the star arrivals.
Vijay Sethupathi has stepped into his next full-fledged Hindi project.
By the time, Mumbaikar gets to where it wants to be via a twisty third act, we begin to see how much better the film could have been. But it's almost too little, too late, complains Mayur Sanap.
Cinematographer Gavemic U Ary is elated as he is getting appreciation for his work in Tamil film Jigarthanda.
Manoj Bajpayee, Vidyut Jamal, Rajpal Yadav and Dalip Tahil are also a part of the film.
'I rammed so hard in the grills that I couldn't move my arm. I had to be taken in for an X-Ray -- everything turned out fine! -- but right after that was my action bit with Raghav Juyal. So it was quite an experience.'
Santosh Sivan's directorial film is visually enticing.
'I have always believed that for an actor, silence speaks louder than words.'
Among the 24 feature films chosen for the Indian Panorama section in IFFI 7 of them are Malayalam films.
The actor will be seen playing the role of a small-time real estate broker.
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